Václav Korunka
# Václav Korunka

Václav Korunka (Czech pronunciation:; born December 25, 1965, in Jilemnice) is a former Czech cross-country skier who raced from 1988 to 1999. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary while his best individual Winter Olympics finish was a 13th in the 50 km event in 1992.

Korunka also won a bronze medal in the 4 × 10 km relay at the 1989 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships. His best individual finish at the World Championships was an eight in the 15 km event in those same championships.

Korunka won three FIS races in his career as well.

## Cross-country skiing results

All results are sourced from the International Ski Federation (FIS).

### Olympic Games

* 1 medal – (1 bronze)

| Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km | Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km  relay |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1988 | 22 | — | 28 | — | — | — | Bronze |
| 1992 | 26 | 17 | — | 14 | — | 13 | 7 |
| 1994 | 28 | 59 | — | 37 | — | — | 8 |

### World Championships

* 1 medal – (1 bronze)

| Year | Age | 10 km | 15 km  classical | 15 km  freestyle | Pursuit | 30 km | 50 km | 4 × 10 km  relay |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1989 | 23 | — | 8 | 14 | — | — | — | Bronze |
| 1991 | 25 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1993 | 27 | 23 | — | — | 16 | — | 9 | 8 |
| 1995 | 29 | 30 | — | — | — | — | 24 | — |
| 1997 | 31 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 38 | 8 |
| 1999 | 33 | 32 | — | — | 45 | 42 | — | 8 |

### World Cup

**Season standings**

| Season | Age |
| - | - |
| Season | Age | Overall | Long Distance | Sprint |
| 1988 | 22 | 38 | — | — |
| 1989 | 23 | 18 | — | — |
| 1990 | 24 | 32 | — | — |
| 1991 | 25 | 16 | — | — |
| 1992 | 26 | 36 | — | — |
| 1993 | 27 | 11 | — | — |
| 1994 | 28 | 56 | — | — |
| 1995 | 29 | 65 | — | — |
| 1996 | 30 | 31 | — | — |
| 1997 | 31 | 57 | 57 | 63 |
| 1998 | 32 | NC | NC | — |
| 1999 | 33 | 106 | NC | NC |

**Individual podiums**

* 3 podiums

| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1990–91 | 5 January 1991 | Minsk, Soviet Union | 15 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |
| 2 | 1992–93 | 12 December 1992 | Ramsau, Austria | 10 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |
| 3 | 1992–93 | 7 March 1993 | Lahti, Finland | 30 km Individual F | World Cup | 3rd |

**Team podiums**

* 3 podiums – (3 RL)

| No. | Season | Date | Location | Race | Level | Place | Teammates |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1987–88 | 4 February 1988 | Calgary, Canada | 4 × 10 km Relay F | Olympic Games | 3rd | Nyč / Benc / Švanda |
| 2 | 1988–89 | 24 February 1989 | Lahti, Finland | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Championships | 3rd | Švanda / Petrásek / Nyč |
| 3 | 1989–90 | 11 March 1990 | Örnsköldsvik, Sweden | 4 × 10 km Relay C/F | World Cup | 3rd | Švanda / Buchta / Nyč |

Note: $^1$ Until the 1999 World Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics, World Championship and Olympic races were included in the World Cup scoring system.

